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Today the Innovian charting system was installed in our ORs. We didn't ask for it; we had no voice in the decision.
Anyone have any suggestions for user-friendly interface with this system, based on personal experience?
To make matters more interesting the Innovian isn't hooked into Essentris or any other database. It's strictly for anesthesia charting only. We have to put our regional block note in Essentris (on the circulator's desktop, across the room from the head of the OR table).
I see this as a major distraction, and a roadblock to efficient room turnover. In PACU where we close out our Innovian there's only one desktop with the Innovian icon installed and guess what -- it's the ward clerk's computer. We have to dislodge her each time we need to access Innovian.
Anybody with Innovian experience please tell me the sky is not falling and that this system is at least tolerable. How many cases did it take before you became fluent with it? Thanks.
Anyone have any suggestions for user-friendly interface with this system, based on personal experience?
To make matters more interesting the Innovian isn't hooked into Essentris or any other database. It's strictly for anesthesia charting only. We have to put our regional block note in Essentris (on the circulator's desktop, across the room from the head of the OR table).
I see this as a major distraction, and a roadblock to efficient room turnover. In PACU where we close out our Innovian there's only one desktop with the Innovian icon installed and guess what -- it's the ward clerk's computer. We have to dislodge her each time we need to access Innovian.
Anybody with Innovian experience please tell me the sky is not falling and that this system is at least tolerable. How many cases did it take before you became fluent with it? Thanks.